Messages from relatives to Malaysia Airlines passengers

A family member of one of the missing passengers cries and walks back to the hotel room at the Beijing Lidu Hotel, where the family members have stayed and the press conferences have been held in the past 17 days, after the Malaysia Prime Minster announced this morning that MH370 crashed in Indian Ocean.

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Relatives have been leaving messages on a board at the Beijing Lidu Hotel to pray for MH370. After the announcement from the Malaysia Prime Minster, several relatives of the missing passengers passed out.

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"Dear husband, We are waiting for you. I have been calling you and chatting with you online everyday. I believe that you will see my messages. Today is my birthday. Did you forget about it?" a wife wrote to her missing husband on the board at the Beijing Lidu Hotel.

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"Little Doudou (a missing passenger), I'm waiting to hug you. I already bought you your favorite ring from Tiffany & Co. Marry me when you come back," a man wrote to his girlfriend.

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"Dear father, please come back safely. I worry about you so much when you are not here. I just want to look at your face, hold your hands and listen to you. Your son is waiting for you to come home," a son wrote to his missing father.

A family member of one of the missing passengers cries and walks back to the hotel room at the Beijing Lidu Hotel, where the family members have stayed and the press conferences have been held in the past 17 days, after the Malaysia Prime Minster announced this morning that MH370 crashed in Indian Ocean.

PHOTO: Sina Weibo

Relatives have been leaving messages on a board at the Beijing Lidu Hotel to pray for MH370. After the announcement from the Malaysia Prime Minster, several relatives of the missing passengers passed out.

PHOTO: Sina Weibo

"Dear husband, We are waiting for you. I have been calling you and chatting with you online everyday. I believe that you will see my messages. Today is my birthday. Did you forget about it?" a wife wrote to her missing husband on the board at the Beijing Lidu Hotel.

PHOTO: SIna Weibo

"Little Doudou (a missing passenger), I'm waiting to hug you. I already bought you your favorite ring from Tiffany & Co. Marry me when you come back," a man wrote to his girlfriend.

PHOTO: Sina Weibo

"Dear father, please come back safely. I worry about you so much when you are not here. I just want to look at your face, hold your hands and listen to you. Your son is waiting for you to come home," a son wrote to his missing father.